Seattle Knows Pancakes

This place is always pretty crowded no matter the time of day, but I’d be lying if I said I’ve ever tried anything besides their sweet-ass potato pancakes. For which I have ZERO regrets. Besides, it comes with bacon so really, what else do you need?

I like the name of this place because it makes me envision a team of trackers hunting down and capturing a herd of wild pancakes, which have been dragged back and caged against their will, all for my dining pleasure. OK that actually sounds kind of depressing when typed out, but trust me, this place would never hurt a pancake. Order their pancake sampler to see for yourself just how much TLC goes into the wide variety of cakes on the menu.

While not a restaurant, every first Sunday of the month they serve up an authentic Swedish pancakes breakfast for their members and friends in the community. In addition to Swedish pancakes, there’s music and folk dancing, crazy funny old people, and real Swedish coffee. Not bad for $8, especially considering how great the food is.

Baked. Pancake. There is nothing else you need to know.

This old-school diner is one of my favorites for the mix of atmosphere and unforgettable breakfast food. Cozy up to the counter in one of their swiveling thrones and prepare to eat like a king — I just hope you have some loyal servants to carry you out to the car afterward. Last time I went to Cyndy’s I not only had a stack of light, fluffy buttermilk pancakes with all the trimmings, but an entire chicken fried steak as well. I was a man possessed, and a man who hobbled out of there that day carrying an 8 pound food baby in his stomach.

At first I thought I’d try my hand at explaining the deliciousness of their pancakes, but then I found this:

“PANCAKES!!! I went here the other night, ready for some good ol’ flapjacks – expecting something standard and unmemorable. Whoops—wrong place for that! These pancakes were fantastic! Best I remember having in Seattle. Crispy outside, perfectly fluffy inside, soaking up all the syrup I could throw at them… People walked by, for real, and said ‘Oh my god, I’m getting pancakes’ after seeing my plate.”

Yeah, your first time there is pretty much like that.

via The Stranger, Sept. 2007

You can’t go wrong in a house where everything is made from scratch, and in this case the corned beef hash and hot chocolate are two particular favorites. From a pancake point of view, you can’t go wrong with the bacon pancakes, or my personal favorite, the one and only Dutch Baby, a tasty gooey pancake that’s very similar to Yorkshire pudding.